Today's News

Williamstown Mayor Rick Skinner believes the city is in good financial shape.
“Because of our utilities, we are able to be in good condition, but did have to make some budget cuts,” Skinner said.
“Our goal was to have less than last year, but increasing costs, such as employee health insurance, caused it to go up,” he added.
The city council began working on the budget a couple of months ago.
The budget includes $1.465 million in the general fund, which represents about 1 percent more than last year.

(Editor’s Note: The Grant County News publishes all items in police beat that are submitted from each individual police agency. The News does not omit names from police reports.)

Dry Ridge Police

Chief Rick Kells charged Kacie M. Cleveland, 24, of Williamstown, with theft by unlawful taking/shoplifting at noon June 14 on Ferguson Boulevard.The Dry Ridge Police Department charged an and out of county resident with alcohol intoxication and executed a Bath County warrant.

Dean’s list:
• Berry
Dustin T. Auxier
• Corinth
Chase J. Perkins
President’s list:
• Crittenden
Jacqueline E. Elliott
Students making the dean’s list have a grade-point average of 3.4 to 3.79 in a 4.0 scale. Students on the president’s list have GPAs of 3.8 to 4.0. To be eligible for the either list, students must have at least 12 hours of coursework that semester.

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Paula Colson looked up to her dad, Paul Watts as he was a teacher and basketball coach at Williamstown High School, but took a different road in the line to becoming a teacher.

“I always knew I wanted to be a teacher,” she said. “But, I married first and had children, then went to school.”

Colson started her trek to becoming a teacher at Kentucky State College, making a stop at the University of Kentucky, before getting her bachelor’s degree in education at Northern Kentucky University in 1985.